Indeed, a year of many firsts for Brown, who not long ago began live-streaming on his Twitch account. Recently catching up with the Celtics veteran turned NBC analyst, Brian Scalabrine, JB opened up about making the All-Star this year and why it's more special.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has been named an Eastern Conference All-Star starter. Joining him in the first five in LA will be New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson,

Welcome back to the NBA Power Rankings, where internet trends jump the shark. Since everyone is posting about 2016 these days, and I was recently in the city that hosted 2016 All-Star Weekend, I am thinking about next month’s midseason celebration of world-class hoops.

The midpoint also means it's time to take stock of the NBA postseason awards. All week long, I will make my picks for some of the NBA's top awards at this point in the season, plus get betting angles from NBC Sports experts.